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THE TEMPLES AT OSTA. 


Printed for private distribution, by A. W. Van Buren, New Haven, Conn., December, 1900. 


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Inscription from Portus, C. I. L. XIV. 375 = Dessau 6147. 


P. Lucilio| P. f. P. n. P. pro- | nep. Gamalae, | aed. sacr. 
Volk., | (°) [z]edili, d. d. allecto | [g|ratis decurioni, | [ A]ontifici, 
Il uir. censo-| riae pot. quinquennal.| in comitis facto, cura-| (’") [Zo7-]i 
pecuniae publicae exigen- |[d]ae et adtribuendae, | [z|n ludos 
cum accepisset public. | lucar, remisit et de suo erogati- | onem 
fecit. | (°°) [Z¢@]em sua pecunia uiam silice strauit | |g|uae est iuncta 
foro ab arcuad arcum. | [/d@]em epulum trichilinis CCX VII | colonis 
dedit. | [/¢7]em prandium sua pecunia coloni[s| | (*") Ostiesibus bis 
dedit. | [7]dem aedem Volcani sua pecu- | nia restituit. | [7|dem 
aedem Veneris sua pecu- | niaconstituit. | (*°)[7d@]em aed. Fortunae 
sua pecu- | nia constituit. | [7¢@|em aed. Cereris sua pecunia | 
constituit. | |/@|em pondera ad macellum | (*") cum M. Turranio 
[cons |tituit. | 

[Z¢]em tribunal in foro mar- | (**) moreum fecit. | [/]|uic statua 
inaurata d..d. | p. p. posita est, | [¢|tem ahenea d. d. p. p. posita | 
[ #|roxume tribunal quaes., | (*")| pxopf¢ |erea quod cum res publica | 
_[/]raedia sua uenderet ob pol- | [ZJicitationem belli’ naualis, | 
HS XVCC rei publicae donau-[7¢. | /7z|nc decuriones funere pu-| 
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sua pecu- | nia fecit. | | 7dem]| aedem Spei sua pecunia 


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Inscription, GFr Le ATV. 376. 


Pe Eircilie -PopfeeiP. ny Peeprons Gamalaty, til aedii‘sacr: 
Volcani, | eiusdem pr. tert., dec. | (°) adlectod. d. infanti, | ILuir., 
praefecto I. Caesar.’| Aug. f., cens., q. a., pontif., |) tabular. et 
librorum | curatori primo constitu[¢] | (°°) Hic ludos omnes quos 
fecit | amplificauit impensa sua. | Idem munus gladiatorium ded. | 
Idem aedem Castoris et Pollucis rest. | Idem curator pecuniae 
publicae exi- | (**)gendae et attribuendae in comi- | tiis factus cellam 
Patri Tiberino | restituit. | Idem thermas quas Diuus Pius aedif [7-]| 
caverat ui ignis consumptas refecit, | (*") porticum reparauit. | 
Idem aedem Veneris impensa sua | restituit. | Idem pondera ad 
macellum et men-| suras ad forum uinar. s. p. fecit. | (°°) Idem 
nauale a L. Coilio aedificatum | extru[e]ntibus fere. collapsum | 
restituit. | Huic statua aenea peq. pub. d. d. posit. | est. | (Some 
remains of numerals are preserved at the end.) 


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Inscription found at Ostia, on a marble altar in temple B, 
Wot; ScaviTe86,.p. 127 3 Cob L, XIV yare7. 


VENERI 
SACRVM 


Mr. Van Buren proposes — 

1. to identify temple F as the Cafcfolium ; because 

(az) it has a long basis, suitable for three cult-statues, at the 
rear of the cella. 

(2) it has a very high podium. 

(c) it is situated in a prominent place, in the center of the city. 

(Cf. the temples identified as Cafztolia at Pompeii, Lambaesis 
and Thamugadi ; see Pauly-Wissowa, s. v. Capitolium.) 

2. to identify temples BCD E (WV. S. 1886, p. 162) with the 
temples of, Venus, Fortuna, Ceres and Spes mentioned in the in- 
scriptions of Gamala ; because i 

(2) the temples BC D E forma homogeneous group, and the 
four temples of the first inscription are mentioned in similar terms. 

(4) the altar inscribed to Venus identifies B with the temple 
of Venus mentioned in the ins¢riptions. 2 

(c) BCDE seem to have. Deen built in the first century B. C., 
and then restored in the second. eentury<A. D. _ after a fire; to Has 
restoration the inscriptions of Gamala seem e refer. [This was 
Mr. Van Buren’s conclusion after a careful study of the remains; 
a fuller publication of temples B C D E, however, is desirable. | 


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